torsdag 27. oktober 2011

The Colour Field - Castles In The Air

After disbanding Fun Boy Three, former The Specials singer Terry Hall went on to form his third outfit, The Colour Field. They released their first, excellent album called Virgins And Philistines in 1985, and their disappointing second and final album Deception in 1987. "Castles In The Air" is from Virgins..., and is one of their finest songs, a beautiful uptempo ballad that fuses pop music and bossa nova to great effect. A true classic!

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Erik Valebrokk

I was born in 1966, and can therefore no longer be called young and promising, more likely old and in the way. I used to be a music journalist, a despised reviewer of bad albums (especially by the people who made them), an enthusiastically kind reviewer of good albums and amazingly enough liked by a few people. There've been some years since I did any professional music writing, but for some time now I've been doing daily updates on Facebook where I've recommended one song per day.
There are no rules to this exercise. I write about any song that pops into my mind, never taking into account what kind of genre it belongs to, if it's especially hip or not, where it's from, etc.
The one really good thing about not writing professionally about music is that you can listen to exactly what you want, and even more importantly, not listening to things you don't want to. Getting your money from another source than music writing is highly recommended even if you don't get as many free albums as you once did. However, at times I miss doing it, and that's the motivation behind this blog. I hope you'll enjoy it!